Title: When Push Comes To Shove
The Issue: With more criminals ending up in hospitals, it's no wonder the death of @@RANDOMNAME@@, due to a public whipping, has sparked a major debate as to whether there should be a limit on how brutal corporal punishment should be.
Validity: Corporal Punishment; Adult
Option 1: "Is it my fault that I got a little carried away with my whip, or that @@HE_1@@ had such soft skin?" asks public flogger @@RANDOMNAME@@, wiping @@HIS@@ ginsu knife with a scarlet rag. "@@HE@@ wouldn't have died had there been some medical staff nearby! A trained doctor should be around every public flogging to stitch 'em up afterwards!"
[effect] surgery after corporal punishment is really the hard part
Option 2: "We should be enforcing stricter limits on how hard someone can be punished," suggests blood-stained nurse @@RANDOMNAME@@, flipping through a large sheeth of pain indication papers marked with tens. "After all, we shouldn't be left with more poking and prodding to do simply because these pencil pushers can't keep things civil."
[effect] a pat on the back is considered sufficient punishment for crimes
Option 3: "Thanks to you and corporal punishment, this poor @@MAN_1@@ is now dead," says your Minister of Law and Order, before giggling, "and that is terrific! Picture it now, everyone will be so scared of actually being tortured to death that they won't commit a crime ever again! I love it. With you're go-ahead, we'll make floggers up the pain and give this genius executioner a killer medal!"
[effect] justice knows no pain
NOTE: May require a second variant depending on how this is coded for nations with vs. without capital punishment.
